The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Second, any unawarded credits from the previous fiscal year can be added to the pool of available credits for the current fiscal year. Credit Pool Has Ballooned to over $923  million for the Current Year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel

Nov 19, 2025 - In the same month, the average prices per metric ton of marine gas oil in the Americas and in the Asia-Pacific region were $837 and $786, respectively. Maritime Fuel Deliveries. To estimate California deliveries of residual fuel oil (a major type of maritime fuel), we combine data from a couple of sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5094

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Additional Licensing Exemptions Could Expand the Pool of Providers. CDCR could benefit from recruiting from a wider pool of applicants, particularly those from out of state that already hold licenses in their respective states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - As a result, many projects would receive an HDFC award, and thus there would be an increase in calls on the proposed set ‑aside pool. In years of leaner supplies of state subsidies, however, demand for the set ‑aside pool will be much less and a mandatory 50  percent set ‑aside for HDFC projects could be too high.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2022-23 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Jan 25, 2022 - Consolidates Extraordinary Cost Pools. The Governor proposes to consolidate the two existing special education extraordinary cost pools into one single cost pool. Requires Development of Special Education Addendum to the LCAP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4494

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - This unnecessarily limits the pool of potential applicants to people living or willing to relocate to California. If the state and court allowed tele ‑mental health providers to work outside of California, it could likely attract a much larger pool of qualified providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2022-23 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2022 - As  we have noted in previous analyses, CSU has been found to be drawing from beyond these pools in recent years, and it likely continues to do so. In past periods, the state has expected the universities to tighten freshman admission policies when they were found to be drawing from beyond these pools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4537

Districts' Pension Contribution Rates and Amounts [EdBudget]

Mar 4, 2021 - Excludes contributions for classified employees not covered by the CalPERS School Pool. Excludes payments made by the state on behalf of employers (see here ). Share of contributions from schools and community colleges are estimates from CalPERS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/493

California’s relationship with the United States of America. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - To form the commission, the Secretary of State wou ld randomly select commissioners from a pool of eligible applicants with specific requirements for the sex and racial composition of the members. To be eligible, the applicants wou ld need to establish that they meet various qualifications, including (among others): receiving signature nomination by one hundred registered voters, establishing California resid ency for at least five years, and having earned a degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-010

Housing assistance program for certain University of California employees. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2025 - Typically, UC borrows some funds from its Short-Term Investment Pool (STIP) to issue home loans. STIP holds cash from tuition, fees, state funds, and other revenues. UC places these funds in safe, short-term investments so it can generate interest until the funds are spent for university purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018